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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Ligature
Cavatina
Renaissance
Opus
2. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Triplet
Rigaudon
Clavier
Interpretation
3. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Expressionism
Glee
Cantabile
Homophony
4. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Minuet
Trio
Motif
Forte
5. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Ligature
Resonance
Romantic
Musette
6. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Cantabile
Scherzo
Operetta
Requiem
7. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Intonation
Tremolo
Tonal
Phrase
8. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Duet
Pitch
Monotone
Flat
9. A composition written for eight instruments.
Triple time
Conductor
Virtuoso
Octet
10. Group of singers in a chorus.
Ricercar
Phrase
Choir
Rhythm
11. The movement of chords in succession.
Finale
Progression
Drone
Slide
12. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Glee
Medley
Gavotte
Galliard
13. A separate section of a larger composition.
Elegy
Time Signature
Movement
Rococo
14. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Presto
Serenade
Tutti
Pastoral
15. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Expressionism
Quadrille
Recitative
Part
16. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Romantic
EnharmonicInterval
March
Trio
17. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Partita
Nonet
Root
Fermata
18. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Glee
Polyphony
Glee
Major
19. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Finale
Temperament
Clef
Voice
20. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Glee
Tritone
Grazioso
Dissonance
21. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Rubato
Opus
Libretto
Presto
22. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Vivace
Leading note
Tutti
Fourth
23. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Vivace
Reprise
Rococo
Key signature
24. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Scale
Twelve-tone music
Scordatura
Octet
25. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Obbligato
Reed
Rhythm
Notation
26. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Modulation
Tune
Vivace
Falsetto
27. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
Opera
Overture
Canon
System
28. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Suite
Part
Sonatina
Presto
29. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Tonal
Tonality
Vivace
Tessitura
30. A short light musical drama.
Operetta
Orchestra
Scordatura
Portamento
31. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Exposition
Oratorio
Dissonance
Triad
32. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Pastoral
Maestro
Register
Pizzicato
33. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
String Quartet
Conductor
Tremolo
Waltz
34. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Staff
Chorale
Recitative
Slide
35. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Ligature
Tempo
Modes
Concerto
36. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Tone
Recital
Soprano
Voice
37. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Triplet
Interval
Madrigal
Counterpoint
38. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Nonet
Tritone
Progression
Unison
39. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Relative pitch
Ornaments
Reprise
Reed
40. The structure of a piece of music.
Twelve-tone music
Form
Song cycle
Exposition
41. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Tone less
Key
Rubato
Conductor
42. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
String Quartet
Theme
Unison
Grazioso
43. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Prelude
Major
Cavatina
Root
44. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Cadenza
Dynamics
Coda
Key
45. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Choir
Counterpoint
Cavatina
Tessitura
46. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Waltz
Canon
Grave
Chromatic scale
47. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Tonic
Quadrille
Recital
Intonation
48. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Reprise
Libretto
Rondo
Virtuoso
49. The unit of musical rhythm.
Tuning
Baroque
Beat
Measure
50. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Pizzicato
Sequence
Legato
Deceptive cadence